Luster is everything with coins like this. I don’t see any.
As a gold dollar collector, I would love to own a "ring dollar," but have never won one at auction. I hoped to win one of the non-gold, off-metal...
Here is the 1798 Small Eagle silver dollar that is in my set. It is PCGS graded as a VF-35. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The seller, Rare Coin Wholesalers, is well-known at the major shows. They stock a lot of high priced material. If you get on the email list, they...
The sharpness is all original and quite nice. The questions come with the color, which is not original. If you cracked this coin out of the...
Word to the wise. Gold plated coins, which aren’t supported to be plated, are damaged. Don’t pay any premiums or even full price for them. The...
“Goldfinger”, the third film in the series, made in 1964, is a Bond classic along with “From Russia with Love” which was the second Bond movie....
My impression of antique shops as sources for coins is that they are overpriced about 98% of the time. The other 2% are spot-on with a minuscule...
Since I am maintaining a set of Red Books, I do look forward to the new one, but the anticipation is a bit less than handsprings. I also buy only...
Perhaps they think a spot was lifted under first star after the "Y" in "LIBERTY." That looks minor to me. That might be one of those instances...
I was able to order a two piece gold Proof set. That one was sold out too, but I guess the conceled orders account for the addition sets. I hope...
Good for you!
Wish I could have attended. :(
I guess they though the fairly deep pits on the reverse were once filled by corroded metal.
I knew a dealer who opened a store in the big mall from which I did my paper. He didn't do very well and was out in a short time. The magager was...
When I was graduate school, I did a paper on malls and how they collect their revenue. There are "anchor stores" and then there is everyone else....
I completed the Indian Cents (but sold it), Lincoln cents, Jefferson Nickels, silver Roosevelt dimes and Franklin Half dollars (but sold it) when...
I know that this is the world forum, but here is the first U.S. based coin that had "HALF CENT" on it, the Massachusetts half cent. [ATTACH]...
I agree. Sell it and buy another, healthier specimen.
Before the pandemic, I bought most of my coins at the major shows, like FUN and Baltimore. Now that my travel is restricted (I am an “old coot”...
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